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06 Oct 2019, 13:48
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Although it is unwise to take a developmental view of an art like music—as if Beethoven were an advance over Josquin, or Miles Davis an advance over Louis Armstrong—there are ways in which it makes sense to talk about musical knowledge growing over time. We certainly know more about certain sounds than was known five centuries ago; that is, we understand how sounds that earlier composers avoided can be used effectively in musical compositions. For example, we now know how the interval of the third, which is considered dissonant, can be used in compositions to create consonant musical phrases.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?
(A) Sounds that were never used in past musical compositions are used today.
(B) Sounds that were once considered dissonant are more pleasing to modern listeners.
(C) It is inappropriate to take a developmental view of music.
(D) It is unwise to say that one composer is better than another.
(E) Our understanding of music can improve over the course of time.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?
(A) Sounds that were never used in past musical compositions are used today.
(B) Sounds that were once considered dissonant are more pleasing to modern listeners.
(C) It is inappropriate to take a developmental view of music.
(D) It is unwise to say that one composer is better than another.
(E) Our understanding of music can improve over the course of time.
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Although it is unwise to take a developmental view of an art like music—as if Beethoven were an advance over Josquin, or Miles Davis an advance over Louis Armstrong—there are ways in which it makes sense to talk about musical knowledge growing over time. We certainly know more about certain sounds than was known five centuries ago; that is, we understand how sounds that earlier composers avoided can be used effectively in musical compositions. For example, we now know how the interval of the third, which is considered dissonant, can be used in compositions to create consonant musical phrases.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?
(A) Sounds that were never used in past musical compositions are used today.
(B) Sounds that were once considered dissonant are more pleasing to modern listeners.
(C) It is inappropriate to take a developmental view of music.
(D) It is unwise to say that one composer is better than another.
(E) Our understanding of music can improve over the course of time.
I agree with the option E, but can some one explain why not D.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?
(A) Sounds that were never used in past musical compositions are used today.
(B) Sounds that were once considered dissonant are more pleasing to modern listeners.
(C) It is inappropriate to take a developmental view of music.
(D) It is unwise to say that one composer is better than another.
(E) Our understanding of music can improve over the course of time.
I agree with the option E, but can some one explain why not D.
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KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
(E) Main Point
In a Main Point question, you may not get a clear conclusion keyword, but you will get other keywords that can help you determine what isn’t the conclusion. As always, keywords are going to guide us as we make our way through this argument. The first part of the argument begins with “although it is unwise,” signaling that the author is making a concession: it’s not a good idea to think of music in terms of developmental advances. But although this is unwise, the author says, it does make good sense to speak of musical knowledge expanding over time. Everything the author says about our increasing knowledge of certain sounds is used as specific information to support this idea. (Did you notice “for example” at the beginning of the last sentence?) Therefore, that idea—that our musical knowledge can increase over time—is the author’s main point. (E) is a direct paraphrase of that idea.
(A) is given as an example of our expanding musical knowledge, so for that reason, it is not the main point of the argument.
(B) is found in the last sentence of the argument, which begins with “for example.” Those two words will never signal the conclusion of an argument.
(C) and (D) are in the first sentence as points that the author concedes on the way to the main point. The evidence in the argument is not given in support of (C) or (D), so they can’t be the conclusion.
(E) Main Point
In a Main Point question, you may not get a clear conclusion keyword, but you will get other keywords that can help you determine what isn’t the conclusion. As always, keywords are going to guide us as we make our way through this argument. The first part of the argument begins with “although it is unwise,” signaling that the author is making a concession: it’s not a good idea to think of music in terms of developmental advances. But although this is unwise, the author says, it does make good sense to speak of musical knowledge expanding over time. Everything the author says about our increasing knowledge of certain sounds is used as specific information to support this idea. (Did you notice “for example” at the beginning of the last sentence?) Therefore, that idea—that our musical knowledge can increase over time—is the author’s main point. (E) is a direct paraphrase of that idea.
(A) is given as an example of our expanding musical knowledge, so for that reason, it is not the main point of the argument.
(B) is found in the last sentence of the argument, which begins with “for example.” Those two words will never signal the conclusion of an argument.
(C) and (D) are in the first sentence as points that the author concedes on the way to the main point. The evidence in the argument is not given in support of (C) or (D), so they can’t be the conclusion.
